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Friday Factoid: World’s Greatest Brands Series- Holiday Foods Edition

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Consistency: A Key to Healthy Parenting After Divorce

Maintaining a healthy parent-child relationship during and after a divorce is sometimes difficult. Along with the separation comes a change in relationships, communication, and routine for both the child and parents. Once the details of child custody and access are resolved, both parents should work to maintain consistency in order to ensure that the child…

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Using Asset Protection Trusts with or without a Prenuptial Agreement

From The Desk Of Herb It is reported that 40% to 50% of first marriages and 60% of second marriages end in divorce. Without appropriate planning, a soon to be ex-spouse will likely be entitled to a material share of the couple’s marital assets, which could include assets held by the other spouse before the marriage…

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M & A Nuggets: Buy A Star

Last week’s nugget discussed warning signs that can alert you to avoid buying a turkey.  This week we will reverse that and identify positive signals that should attract you to a target.  Some are tangible and obvious.  Others are not.  A few of these positive signals are listed below: An owner who is “all in”…

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Medical Cannabis FAQs

As Published Chesapeake Physician Experts project that serving patients under the Maryland medical cannabis law will begin in the spring or summer of 2017. Although physicians play a key role in the law, many physicians remain reluctant to participate. As of late July, only about 145 physicians had registered in the program. Common questions from…

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Read | Delete: White House urges ban on non-compete agreements for many workers

The Obama administration called on U.S. states to ban agreements prohibiting many workers from moving to their employers’ rivals, saying it would lead to a more competitive labor market and faster wage growth. The administration said so-called non-compete agreements interfere with worker mobility and states should consider barring companies from requiring low-wage workers and other…

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Urgent Overtime Ruling!

U.S. Department Of Labor Shake Up, Doubling The Minimum Salary For Four (4) Million Exempt Employees, Is Put On Hold By A Federal Court Preliminary Injunction   The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) sets, among other things, employee minimum wages and overtime pay requirements.  Last set in 2004, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) Regulations required…

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Child Support Considerations in Maryland

When parents divorce, each parent remains responsible for financially supporting the child. Consequently, child support is an essential part of the child custody case. However, support is not entirely based on custody. Maryland has statutory child support guidelines which are presumptively correct. The guidelines take into account each party’s monthly gross income, the cost of…

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Biz Tek Today: President-Elect Trump’s Impact On Your Business

          Whew! The election craze is over. Twelve plus months of non-stop talk (or rather bickering) about who is better suited for the Office of the President is enough. Now that we know who won, what do you think President-Elect Trump’s impact will be on your business (see the article below…

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Appellate Court Rules CFPB Structure is Unconstitutional

In a long-awaited decision in the case of PHH Corporation v. CFPB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that, among other holdings, the CFPB was structured in a way that is unconstitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently ruled on the case of PHH…

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